The International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) system has been established in 1961 by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC). IODE's main objective is to enhance marine research, exploration, and development by facilitating the exchange of oceanographic data and information between participating Member States.
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The IODE system is composed of a network of more than 60 oceanographic data centres in as many countries around the world. They are called National Oceanographic Data Centres (NODC) or Designated National Agencies (DNA). Some of these assume special responsibilities for regions, certain data types etc (Responsible National Oceanographic Data Centres). The NODCs, DNAs and RNODCs submit their data to the World Data Centres (WDCs) (Oceanography), located in Silver Spring, USA, Obninsk (Russian Federation) and Tianjin (China). These WDCs are members of the ICSU World Data Centres. |
With the advance of oceanography from a science dealing mostly with local processes to
one which is also studying ocean basin and global processes, researchers depend critically
on the availability of an international exchange system to provide data and information
from all available sources. Additionally, scientists studying local processes benefit
substantially from access to data collected by other Member States in their area of
interest. The economic benefit of obtaining data by exchange as opposed to collecting it
oneself is huge.
The success of the IODE programme depends on the support of participating Member States,
and the involvement of many individual institutions and marine scientists, who contribute
not only data, but also the necessary expertise to maintain and further develop the IODE
system. Without this national support funded by the Member States themselves, the system
could not exist.
French Contribution to IODE
SISMER is a National Oceanographic Data Centre (NODC), member of the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange system IODE
Participation to IOC/IODE Meetings and Conferences
23rd session of the IOC Assembly,
Paris Tuesday 21-30 June 2005
IMDIS Conference - Brest 31 May - 3
June 2005
IODE XVIII Oostende,
Belgium, 26-30 April 2005
Twenty-second session (24 June - 4 July 2003) the IOC Assembly
- Resolution IOC-XXII.3 entitled 'IOC Oceanographic Data Exchange Policy
- Resolution IOC-XXII.6 entitled 'International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange
(IODE)
IODE-XVII Conference,
Paris 3-7 March 2003
IODE-XVI Conference, Lisbon October 31-November 8- 2000
- Report Content (on line at IOC)
- Recommendation IODE-XVI.10: UNDERWAY SEA SURFACE SALINITY DATA ARCHIVING PILOT PROJECT
Documents prepared by France for the IODE-XVI Conference
- Report on SISMER Activity for IODE in the internsessional period 1997-2000
- Proposistion for the management of underway surface salinity data (USSSAL pilot project)
- Report on MEDAR
- Presentation of the French Oceanographic Data Management to the 'IODE day event' to inform the Portuguese scientific community on the national experience in the IODE programme
- same presentation in html format
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Rapport Annuel 2000 envoyé au CN-COI (French)